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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 12:25 PM
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parked my 99 frc on a hill today, e-brake didnt work ,,,, and ideas??? thanks
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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parked my 99 frc on a hill today, e-brake didnt work ,,,, and ideas??? thanks
Yeah , it needs to be adjusted...
remove the rear rotors and adjust the internal shoes so the rotors just barely can slide over the shoes.
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weird?? never seen that before....
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 12:55 PM
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Make sure that the self adjuster in the handle is operating correctly. The extreme tunnel heat causes the self adjuster (parking brake handle) grease to solidify causing the adjuster to be inoperative and a very long parking brake handle travel will be realized. The parking brake shoe to drum clearance must be checked but 75% of the time the self adjuster is the cuprit. Do your parking brake drum to shoe clearance first as this is easier. If that doesn't correct the situation. remove passenger seat and right side tunnel carpeting. Remove parking brake handle assy from tunnel and work penetrating lubricant into mechanism until self-adjuster works.
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by motomafia
weird?? never seen that before....
They go out of adjustment on a regular basis on all of the C5's... been like that forever. Follow Evils advice and you will be back in business in no time.

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